Treasury of Scripture Knowledge That whosoever shall kill a person unawares may flee to them, and may escape the wrath of the kinsman, who is the avenger of blood. Context Six Cities of Refuge…2Appoint cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses: 3That whosoever shall kill a person unawares may flee to them, and may escape the wrath of the kinsman, who is the avenger of blood.4And when he shall flee to one of these cities: he shall stand before the gate of the city, and shall speak to the ancients of that city, such things as prove him innocent: and so shall they receive him, and give him a place to dwell in.… Cross References Leviticus 4:2 Say to the children of Israel: The soul that sinneth through ignorance, and doth any thing concerning any of the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded not to be done: Numbers 35:12 And when the fugitive shall be in them, the kinsman of him that is slain may not have power to kill him, until he stand before the multitude, and his cause be judged. Joshua 20:2 Appoint cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses: Joshua 20:4 And when he shall flee to one of these cities: he shall stand before the gate of the city, and shall speak to the ancients of that city, such things as prove him innocent: and so shall they receive him, and give him a place to dwell in. Lexicon so that anyoneרוֹצֵ֔חַ (rō·w·ṣê·aḥ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder who kills מַכֵּה־ (mak·kêh-) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike another נֶ֥פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion unintentionally בִּשְׁגָגָ֖ה (biš·ḡā·ḡāh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7684: A mistake, inadvertent transgression or accidentally בִּבְלִי־ (biḇ·lî-) Preposition-b | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as may flee לָנ֥וּס (lā·nūs) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 5127: To flit, vanish away there. שָׁ֙מָּה֙ (šām·māh) Adverb | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither These will be וְהָי֤וּ (wə·hā·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be your refuge לְמִקְלָ֔ט (lə·miq·lāṭ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4733: Refuge, asylum from the avenger מִגֹּאֵ֖ל (mig·gō·’êl) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1350: To redeem, act as kinsman of blood. הַדָּֽם׃ (had·dām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed Additional Translations so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.That the slayer that kills any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly and unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. Even a refuge to the slayer who has smitten a man unintentionally; and the cities shall be to you a refuge, and the slayer shall not be put to death by the avenger of blood, until he have stood before the congregation for judgment. that the slayer who unwittingly without intent smiteth any one mortally may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly and unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and ignorantly, may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. that the manslayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood. 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